Boat



C. J. 1. L. DE VOS.

BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I9, I920.

1,363,235. Patented Dec. 28, 1920. 53 1.

wiflmmcw fiawiutam CAKEL J06EPH JACOB LOUIS as Moun s UNITED STATES GAREL JOSEPH JACOB LOUIS DE VOS, OF R0'Ill'lEl'tDAlVI, NETHERLANDS,

BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t d D 2 1920 Application filed J une 19, 1920. Serial No. 390,076.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAREL JOSEPH Jnoon LOUIS on Vos, merchant, a subject of the Queen of the Netherlands, residino at Rotterdam, in the Province of Southolland, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Relating to Boats, of which the. following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved method of protecting boats, especially life boats with cane or wicker-work, with the object of so strengthening them that they are able to withstand the severe blows they sometimes receive when dashed against the side of a vessel, pier, or the like, while in course of being lowered or launched therefrom.

For this purpose an ordinary boat is protected externally by a covering of cane or wickerqvork. The buoyancy of such a boat so protected is much greater than that of an ordinary boat.

In order that the invention may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same in relation to the accompanying drawings (which are given by way of example) reference being had to the figures in which:

Figure 1 is a partial cross section of a lifeboat, and

Fig. 2 is a side view of a part of the boat.

lVhen applying the protective covering, the boat is placed upside down and clips 2 are attached at intervals on the gunnels 1 of the boat by means of screws 3. Each clip is furnished with an outwardly extending boat 4 on which the wicker-work is twisted and then fastened to the boat by means of a plate 6 passing over the bolts 4: and held in position by screw nuts 5. From the rim canes 7 are arranged in the direction of the ribs of the boat and on the outside of the boat and about these canes the wicker-work is twisted working around and around the boat. Between the boat and the protective covering a layer of cork plates 8 may be applied which plates are preferably connected to the wickerwork by means of copper wire.

At the height of the thwart end of the belly of the boat extra canes are placed which are bent outward to form a half circle and fastened to the wicker-work. With the aid of these canes in the form of half circles two protecting girths 9 and 10 running around the boat are formed. During the twisting of the covering, cork plates are placed between the boat and the covering and these plates may be connected to the covering by means of copper wire. Preferably the wicker-work is made double. In order to connect the wicker-w0rk to the keel of the boat U-shaped clips 11 are secured by means of screws 12 on the keel at intervals. These clips are provided with bolts 13 extending on both sides of the keel and to these bolts the covering is secured by nuts 1d and plates 15. It will be seen that the canes which are connected at the1r upper ends to the gunnels are connected at their lower ends to the keel.

The wicker-work may be applied in two halves which halves are connected in the same manner besides to the keel and the gunnels, also to the stern and sternpost. At the stem and sternposts vertical iron bars not shown in the drawings are supplied around which the wicker-work is twisted.

The protective covering can be removed when required after loosening the various fastenings.

What I claim is:

1. In a boat of the character described, the combination of a hull having a protective wicker-work covering, said covering provided with bulges, means whereby the protective covering may be secured to a part of said hull, and buoyant material interposed between the wicker-work protective covering and said hull.

2. In a boat of the character described, the combination of a hull having a rotective wicker-work covering, cork-filled ulges at the top and bottom of said wicker-work covering, means for attaching said cover ing to the hull at the gunnel and the keel, and a layer of cork plates interposed between the wicker-work and the hull.

3. A protective wicker-work covering for .the hull of a boat, said covering provided with longitudinally extending cork-filled bulges, clamping clips securing the wickerwork covering to the gunnel of said hull, additional clips securing the wicker-work covering to the keel of said hull, and a layer of cork plates attached to the wickerwork and interposed between the latter and said hull.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of May 1920.

CAREL JOSEPH JACOB LOUIS de V05. 

